1. a vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery; formerly drawn by horses but now usually a motor vehicle;

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hearse \Hearse\ (h[~e]rs), n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
A hind in the second year of its age. [Eng.] --Wright.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hearse \Hearse\ (h[~e]rs), n. [See Herse.]
1. A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or
tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also,
a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a
church, under which the coffin was placed during the
funeral ceremonies. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.
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2. A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument. [Archaic]
"Underneath this marble hearse." --B. Johnson.
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Beside the hearse a fruitful palm tree grows.
--Fairfax
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Who lies beneath this sculptured hearse.
--Longfellow.
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3. A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.
[Obs.]
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Set down, set down your honorable load,
It honor may be shrouded in a hearse. --Shak.
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4. A carriage or motor vehicle specially adapted or used for
conveying the dead to the grave in a coffin.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hearse \Hearse\, v. t.
To inclose in a hearse; to entomb. [Obs.] "Would she were
hearsed at my foot." --Shak.
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